The final winner of last night’s Texas Music Showdown almost turned out to be Forty Creek Whiskey. The whiskey-peddling, Texas Music-loving, buy-a-round-for-the-house kind of guy from Forty Creek, Bobby Camillone, was in ...

The five members of Koe Wetzel and the Konvicts snaked their way through the crowd at White Elephant Saloon last night. Then they disappeared into a darkened back room. An employee poked his head in to see what was going on. ...

A White Elephant Saloon regular patron watched Big Joe Walker climb onto the stage to kick off the latest round of the 9th Annual Texas Music Showdown. Then he made an astute observation. “Not many people can make a jumbo...

You’d think somebody named Mary Jane Farmer would be a pot grower. But she’s not (as far as I know). Farmer is a pleasant, middle-aged woman who traverses the Metroplex nearly every night checking out Texas Music en...

Two months of band battling came to a head last night at the 8th Annual Texas Music Showdown at White Elephant Saloon, pitting finalists Green Light Pistol against The Tyler Rogers Band. The grand prize included studio t...

You know it’s a party when Bob Camillone walks in the door. He’s a honcho at Forty Creek Whiskey Distillery and the first thing he did upon entering White Elephant Saloon last night was to buy a round of the amber c...

Two Fort Worth singer-songwriters were among the seven finalists appearing in the Rusty Wier Songwriting Contest that wrapped up on Sunday in Dallas after a weeks-long competition. Neither Cowtown crooner took home the grand pr...

You know the competition is fierce at a battle of the bands contest when a three-piece band rocks its ass off — complete with onstage acrobatics — and still comes in third. Dallas’ Rodeo Clown Dropouts opened ...

Rules were broken last night at the 7th Annual Texas Music Showdown in the Stockyards semi-finals competition. But that’s okay. It means next Wednesday’s championship at White Elephant Saloon will feature three band...